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Moore County, Texas Panhandle

15 miles SE of Dumas the county seat
N of Amarillo

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History in a Pecan Shell

In 1903 Benjamin F. Quarton, opened a post office at his home.

He delivered the mail to Quarton's other residents - which numbered five in 1915.

The post office kept it's doors open until 1918 when mail was then routed through Dumas. And as Dumas grew - it drained off population from Quarton.

Detailed county maps show no sign of the former town of Quarton - not even a cemetery. The Dumas County TxDoT map does show several roads extending off into blank space.

Moore County TX 1907 Postal Map
Moore County 1907 postal map showing Quarton, SE of Dumas
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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Quartonf, Texas Nearby Towns:
Dumas the county seat
Bautista ghost town
Cactus
Etter
Exum
Fritch
Machovec ghost town
Masterson ghost town
Middlewell ghost town
Sunray

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